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House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

House Republicans seek $1 billion in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Rico, struggling to recover from hurricane damage, could receive $1 billion in additional funding for the (More…)

Israel sees Assad winning Syria war, urges more U.S. involvement

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defense minister said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad was winning Syria’s civil war and urged the (More…)

Wall Street at new record highs as tech, auto advance

By Ankur Banerjee and Gayathree Ganesan

(Reuters) – All the three main U.S. stock indexes hit fresh record highs on (More…)

Russia threatens retaliation over U.S. ‘break-in’ at San Francisco consulate

MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. officials broke into residences at Russia’s consulate in San Francisco, the foreign ministry in Moscow said, (More…)

Former Equifax chief will face questions from U.S. Congress over hack

By John McCrank and David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are due to question the former head of Equifax (More…)

U.S. orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats

By Matt Spetalnick and Doina Chiacu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 diplomats (More…)

Trump meets victims, responders in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

By Roberta Rampton and Gabriel Stargardter

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – President Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico on Tuesday (More…)

As Trump set to visit Puerto Rico, 95 percent lack power

By Robin Respaut and Gabriel Stargardter

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is set to make his (More…)

Las Vegas police look for motive in deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history

By Alexandria Sage and Lisa Girion

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Police sought clues on Tuesday to explain why a retiree (More…)

Lone gunman kills 58, injures hundreds, in Las Vegas concert attack

By Devika Krishna Kumar and Alexandria Sage

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A 64-year-old man armed with multiple machine guns strafed (More…)